The Oresteia.
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. illustrated by Michael Ayrton. 177 pages. 4to, gilt-stamped forest green leather, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1979). Fine. More
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On the Use of the Ophthalmoscope in Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Kidneys.
Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology, 1985. Color frontispiece. 405 pages. 8vo, full brown leather. all edges gilt (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1985). Fine. Facsimile of the 1871 edition. More
Lectures on the Human Eye in Its Normal and Pathological Conditions.
Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology, 1991. 95 text illustrations. 208 pages. 8vo, full decoratively gilt green leather, all edges gilt. (New York: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1991). A fine copy. German born ophthalmologist who founded the American Journal of Ophthalmology. Facsimile of the N.Y., 1880 edition. More
Anacreontis Odaria ad Textus Barnesiani Fidem Emendata
London: White and Miller, 1802. 130 pages, slim 12mo, full pebbled brown morocco, ornately gilt on spine and covers inner dentelles, all edges gilt, inner frot hinge reinforced. London: White and Miller, 1802. Very good (+). More
Minor Attic Orators.
London: Harvard Univ. Press/ Heinemann, 1968. Translated by K.J. Maidment & J.O. Burtt. 2 volumes, 12mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1968. Reprint Edition. A fine pair in near fine dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, Books #308, #395. Text in Greek and English. More
Roman History
London: Harvard University Press, 1964. Translated by Horace White. 4 volumes, 16mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1964 - 1968. Reprint Edition. A fine set in very good (+) dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, Books #2, 3, 4, 5. Text in Greek and English. More
The Birds
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Introduction by Dudley Fitts, Illustrations by Marian Parry. xii + 52pp. on double fold paper, tall 8vo, leather-backed patterned boards in decorative board portfolio, slipcase; bump to foredge of portfolio. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. A fine copy. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. More
Lives of Eminent Philosophers.
London: Harvard University Press, 1967. Translated by ROGERS, R.B. 3 volumes, 16mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1967, 1979, 1972. Reprint Edition. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, Books #179, 178,180. Text in Greek and English. More
Lysistrata
London: Odyssey, 1967. 8 full page black & white erotic illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Slim 4to, light blue paper covered boards, printed paper label on front cover, lavender cloth clamshell case (faded, bumped and frayed). New York: Odyssey Publications, 1967. Limited edition. A fine copy in a good box -- well worn but has done its job protecting the book. Number 5 of 515 numbered copies. This edition reproduces in facsimile the 1896 edition (100 copies) and is printed on..... More
The Birds, The Frogs.
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. The Birds illustrated by Marian Parry; The Frogs illustrated by John Austen. 52; 62pp. Thin 4to, gilt-stamped leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1979). A fine copy. More
The Frogs.
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Translated from the Greek by William James Hickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood-engravings by John Austen. 64pp. Tall slim 4to, pale pictorial cloth, brown board slipcase (broken). New York & Haarlem: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. A very good(+) copy in a poor box. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator, and printed in Haarlem by the office of Joh. Enschede en Zonen. More
Parts of Animals; Movement of Animals; Progression of Animals.
London: Harvard University Press, 1968. Translated by A.L. Peck & E.S. Forester. 16mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1968, 1970. Reprint Edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Loeb Classical Library, Book #323. Text in Greek and English. More
Problems I-XXI to XXII-XXXVIII.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. 2 volumes. Translated by W.H. Hett and H. Rackham. 16mo, green cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, (1965, 1970). Reprint Edition. A fine copy in near fine dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, no. 316 and 317. Text in Greek and English. More
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. xxiii+524pp. Tall & thick 4to, terra cotta cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2008). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in association with Yale University Press in conjunction with the Met exhibition, "Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C." held from November 18, 2008 - March 15, 2009. More
The Deipnosophists
London: Harvard University Press, 1969. Translated by GULICK, Charles Burton. 6 volumes (lacking volume 5). 16mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1960-1970. Reprint. A mixed but matching set in near fine condition. Loeb Classical Library, Books #204, 208, 224, 235, 327, 345.Text in Greek and English. More
Peri Politeias
Firenze: Felice Le Monnier, 1968. Main text in Greek, supplementary text in Italian. Introduction, critical text and commentary by Umberto Albini. 97pp; unopened. Thin 8vo, stiff wrappers (slightly edge worn). Firenze: Felice Le Monnier, 1968. A very good(+) copy. Biblioteca Nazionale: Serie Dei Classici Greci e Latini. More
Religion in Virgil
New York: Barnes & Nobel, 1969. 337 pages, 8vo, green cloth. New York: Barnes & Nobel, (1969). A near fine copy. More
The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. xxviii + 314 pages. 8vo, full leather, all edges gilt. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1986. A fine copy. "The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as independent science." GM 2281. Facsimile of the London, 1793 edition. More
Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Illustrated. xxxiii + 428 pages, large 8vo, grey boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Aegean Turkey; An Archaeological Guide.
London: Ernest Benn, 1967. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped, corners of cloth lightly bumped. London: Ernest Benn, (1967). Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. More
The Discovery of Egypt.
Paris: Flammarion, 1990. Translated by Bambi Ballard. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 271 pages. Tall 4to, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper spine slightly sunned. (Paris: Flammarion, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
A Treatise on the Membranes in General and on Different Membranes in Particular.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1987. Translated by John G. Coffin. 259 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1987. Mint. "He (Bichat) is regarded as the founder of modern histology and tissue pathology." GM 537. Facsimile of the Boston, 1813 edition. More
The History of the Greek and Roman Theater.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. Profusely illustrated. 343pp. Short 4to, green cloth, d.w. (torn, chipped) Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. A near fine copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
Cerberus, The Dog of Hades: The History of an Idea.
Chicago: Open Court, 1905. Black & white frontispiece illustration with tissue guard. 41 pages, slim 12mo, burgundy cloth-backed grey boards, small bump at top of spine. Chicago: Open Court, 1905. Scarce. Near fine. More